Tag: technology
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AI Is Not Better Than Us
I’m a big proponent of artificial intelligence. I use it regularly. I teach others how to use it. I believe it has enormous potential to change the way we work, learn, create, and solve problems. But I don’t want to call it “Super Intelligence.” The president recently announced his preference for replacing “artificial intelligence” with…
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We Assume AI Replacing Workers Is Inevitable
We spend a lot of time worrying that artificial intelligence is going to take our jobs. But AI can’t fire anyone. People can. That distinction seems strangely absent from much of the conversation surrounding AI and employment. We talk about automation as though it is a force of nature, something that will simply happen to…
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A Prayer For the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers – A Book Review
In A Prayer For the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers delivers a captivating novella that explores the potential of humanity and technology’s role in shaping its fate. I picked this book up at my local library without realizing it is the second installment in the Monk and Robot series. Even so, it stands easily on its own,…
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Blended by Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker – A Book Review
Blended (subtitled Using Disruptive Innovation To Improve Schools) entered my world when a representative from Edmentum recommended to my staff that we read it before going one-to-one. It’s important I provide some background before reviewing this book. My workplace, where I teach English, is rolling out a new initiative this August in which every single…
